Toy cap-detonator



(No M0881.)

G. QAKFORD.' TOY CAP DBTONA'TOR.

NQ. 892,820. Patented Nov. 1s, 1888.

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Application filed August 31, 1887.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, GHARLns OAKFORD, of the city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in CombinationTools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to combinationtools, especially adapted as toys; and it consists in certain improvements, fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, which form part thereof.

The tool embodied in my invention is in the form of a small hammer having a loose nose which may be employed either as a castanet or as a cap-exploder. IIhe tool is essentially a toy for childrens use. The head may be suitably made with a perforation for convenience of attaching the loose nose, and its shape would be such that it could be employed as a wrench. The handle is bored out onA its end so as to form a whistle.

Now I am aware that cap-snappers, per se, are old, for they are found in the well-known toy-ball cap-snapper, and in any muzzle-loading gun; and likewise I am well aware that hammers and hatchets have been made with removable noses and blades; but when attached they were rigid and as secure as if cast or forged integral, and must of necessity be so. Therefore I openly disclaim any such devices, limiting myself to the article herein described, which combines said articles without the removability of the nose for producing the same and additional functions, and as a toy implement suitable for the amusement of children.

In the drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation of my improved combination-tool, and Fig. 2 is a front elevation of same.

A is the hammer-head, and is made with the rigid nose B and perforation C, preferably rectangular in shape. The nose B is circular and has loosely connected in front of ita loose Serial No. 248,339. (No model.)

nose, D, also circular in elevation. The loose nose D is connected to the head by a rivet, E, which passes through a hole, F, with its head in the perforatiei1G,and its end riveted in the loose nose. By this construction the loose nose is free to reciprocate slightly, and also to have a rotary motion, though this latter movement is not essential. The rivet E should dt the hole F very loosely. To the head is cast a screw, G, upon which the handle H is screwed, the said handle being preferably ofwood. The lower end of this handle is provided with a hole, I,which may act as a Whistle when properly manipulated by Ablowing across its Opeliing.

It is evident that the handle may be formed integral with the head, though that would make the tool objectionably heavy.

A fulminate cap may be placed between the loose nose and hammeuhead and exploded by bringing the loose nose firmly down upon the ground or a resisting object.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. As an article of manufacture, a hammerhead, A, having perforation C, in c-ombination with loose nose D and connecting-rivet E, uniting the parts A and D, with freedom of rceiprocation of the nose, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 4

2. As an article of manufacture, a hammerhead, A, having perforation C, in combination with loose nose D, connectingnivet E, uniting the parts A and D, with freedom of reciprocation of the nose, and handle H, having 8o hole I, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES OAlKFORD.

Witnesses:

GEO. WV. REED, E. M. BRECKINREED, 

